The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate slightly went up to 3.7580 as of 5.00 p.m. local time (1400GMT) Monday. One dollar traded for 3.7510 liras on Friday.

However the EUR/TRY exchange rate went down to 4.6510 by markets' close, versus 4.6660 at the previous close.

The BIST Gold Exchange index was also down 0.51 percent, while the price of gold per kilogram fell to 162,800 Turkish liras ($43,359) as of 4.30 p.m. local time (1330GMT), down from 163,700 Turkish liras ($43,645) on Friday.

As of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT) Monday, the price of Brent oil increased to $65.21 per barrel, versus $64.45 at the previous close.